Update - the smell did go away after it dried and it did not shed any more fibers, so yay! :D

4/22/2011 - Finally got some “blocking squares”, aka mats from the toy section at Wal-mart. This yarn has an unfortunate wet dog smell after getting it wet and I’m hoping that will go away with the diluted soap I used. Hopefully this will block out nicely :)

1/23/11 - Just finished this morning :) Need to wash and block. I love the depth of the yarn color, but I hope the wash will get rid of the loose alpaca fibers, which were deposited all over my couch.

1/19/11 - Into the 9th row of the edge chart. This pattern is easy to remember and goes very quickly. Unhappily putting this down tonight in order to pack up my spare bedroom, I wanna knit! :P

1/18/11 - On the body chart (x2). Definitely read the notes at the beginning, b/c the first chart is really confusing if you don’t…